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WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH

179 S.E.2d 512 (1971)

211 Va. 609

Robert Lee WILLIAMS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. J. Canada, Jr., Virginia Beach (Ansell, Butler & Canada, Virginia Beach, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

James E. Kulp, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C.J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

CARRICO, Justice.

Robert Lee Williams, the defendant, was convicted by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. The sole question raised by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the defendant's verbal admission made to a third party in the presence of police officers and without benefit of the warnings prescribed by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602...

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